*This position floats to all of Behavioral Health Inpatient units, The Link, BHS Urgent Care, and Behavioral Heatlh Adolescent Addiction Unit*

Join the team at Avera!

Award Winning Health Care: Avera has been named among the nation’s 15 Top Health Systems, Forbes list of America’s Best-in-State Employers and Level 10 Most Wired Health Care Organization by CHIME.

Culture: Be part of a multidisciplinary team built on teamwork, with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter.

You Belong at Avera: Competitive pay, front-loaded PTO and options for free health insurance, sign-on bonuses, various shifts to fit your lifestyle and opportunities for career growth.

This position may be eligible for a $3,000 sign on bonus

Why is Behavioral Health important?

The Avera Behavioral Health (https://www.avera.org/services/behavioral-health/) Adult C Unit is designed to be a structured, therapeutic environment for adults to learn to understand their diagnosis, develop a Crisis Response Plan, use healthy coping skills and set and complete goals.

You will enjoy this Behavioral Health setting if you are someone that:

• Enjoys patient focused care with a team that is dedicated to quality patient outcomes

• Likes working with the Adult population

• Has a passion for helping patients with Anxiety, Depression, and Personality Disorders and Suicidal behavior.

• Appreciates an active, challenging care environment that requires critical thinking.

• Possesses motivation to help create and deliver high-quality patient care in an energizing team environment.

Position Highlights:

• Opportunity to experience a variety of inpatient settings

• Work with staff from many areas

• Student Loan Repayment: This Registered Nurse (RN) position is eligible for Avera’s Student Loan Repayment Program, which helps you pay off your loans and save money. Each month an extra payment of $167 (up to $10,000) from Avera will help pay down your principal balance faster.

Job Summary

Provides physical and psychological care to patients under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse. Assumes responsibility and accountability for individual actions and outcomes of patient care delivered.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Social Work, criminal justice, education, behavior analysis, health or social sciences, counseling, alcohol studies, liberal arts, or any other human services and/or medical field is required.

• Two years related experience is preferred.

Work Schedule

• Varied Shifts, e/o wknd/hol; 72hrs/2wks

Pay

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. 

• $20.50 - $31.00 per hour

What Makes Avera Special? (http://www.avera.org/careers/what-makes-avera-special/)

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Avera is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer: Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.